Slash your family’s food spending in half while supporting local farmers through buying in bulk!! Quality groceries can be pretty pricey, but by purchasing food in bulk, you can cut expenses and eat locally. You may already shop the bulk department of your co-op or grocery store (such as Costco), but cutting out the storefront altogether can offer even more financial, environmental and gastro-nomical benefits. Bulk groceries are often of higher quality than those found at stores, and by buying in bulk you can cut the amount of times you go to the store. If you choose to eat organic your savings can be even more staggering. In fact, a 2012 study by the Food Industry Leadership Center at Portland State University found that consumers saved an average of 89% compared with supermarket costs when they bought large quantities of certain organic foodstuffs such as; grains, beans and spices. One fault in buying in bulk, however, is that the average family can’t eat 30 tomatoes before they go bad. In order to combat the inevitable mold my family cooks soups and other freezable me als that we can thaw for an easy dinner another day. For more statistics on the perks of buying in bulk, I encourage you to visit this website: http://www.bulkisgreen.org/blog/post/Po … Study.aspx

I totally agree with this statement! I think buying in bulk can be extremely beneficial because we are not only cutting costs, but also reducing the amount of waste we create. We create a lot of waste by constantly buying individual objects with their own individual packaging, but when buying several objects in one package a.k.a buying in bulk, then we are able to reduce our waste significantly. I think this is most important when it comes to products that don't expire easily, not necessarily fresh fruit or veggies. Instead of buying your fruits and veggies in bulk, go to the local farmers market and buy some locally grown fresh produce and help the community as a whole!

My family could definitely benefit from buying in bulk for certain items like flour or oat bran, as those are the main items that we run out of whenever we cook. I can see how buying large amounts of a certain product can save a family time, energy, and money. Like Elena H (USA) said, the amount of package waste is greatly reduced if, rather than buying many small packages of something all the time, we buy just one large packet every now and then, not to mention how much money could also be saved over time.